Chapter 23 of Dick Hamilton's Football Team is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 23 of Dick Hamilton's Football Team is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SORE HEARTS "Dick, I'm so sorry." It was Paul Drew who spoke, and he limped around the room where his chum sat staring gloomily out of the window into a mist of rain. The weather was in keeping with the hearts of the cadets of Kentfield academy. "It was tough, wasn't it, Dick?" "It was--very.
Chapter 23 of Dick Hamilton's Football Team is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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A place of study or training in a special field of knowledge and arts.
From this reading “The weather was in keeping with the hearts of the cadets of Kentfield academy.”
plural of “cadet” — a military trainee (as at a military academy)
From this reading “The weather was in keeping with the hearts of the cadets of Kentfield academy.”
a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
From this reading “It was Paul Drew who spoke, and he limped around the room where his chum sat staring gloomily out of the window into a mist of rain.”
with gloom
From this reading “It was Paul Drew who spoke, and he limped around the room where his chum sat staring gloomily out of the window into a mist of rain.”
past form of “limp” — walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury
From this reading “It was Paul Drew who spoke, and he limped around the room where his chum sat staring gloomily out of the window into a mist of rain.”
become covered with mist
From this reading “It was Paul Drew who spoke, and he limped around the room where his chum sat staring gloomily out of the window into a mist of rain.”
hurting
From this reading “SORE HEARTS "Dick, I'm so sorry."”
not given to gentleness or sentimentality
From this reading “"It was tough, wasn't it, Dick?"”
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In this reading “It was Paul Drew who spoke, and he limped around the room where his chum sat staring gloomily out of the window into a mist of rain.”
In this reading “The weather was in keeping with the hearts of the cadets of Kentfield academy.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It was Paul Drew who spoke, and he limped around the room where his chum sat staring gloomily out of the window into a mist of rain.
A place of study or training in a special field of knowledge and arts.
From this reading The weather was in keeping with the hearts of the cadets of Kentfield academy.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was Paul Drew who spoke, and he limped around the room where his chum sat staring gloomily out of the window into a mist of rain.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading It was Paul Drew who spoke, and he limped around the room where his chum sat staring gloomily out of the window into a mist of rain.
plural of “cadet” — a military trainee (as at a military academy)
From this reading The weather was in keeping with the hearts of the cadets of Kentfield academy.
a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
From this reading It was Paul Drew who spoke, and he limped around the room where his chum sat staring gloomily out of the window into a mist of rain.
someone who is a detective
From this reading SORE HEARTS "Dick, I'm so sorry."
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading It was Paul Drew who spoke, and he limped around the room where his chum sat staring gloomily out of the window into a mist of rain.
with gloom
From this reading It was Paul Drew who spoke, and he limped around the room where his chum sat staring gloomily out of the window into a mist of rain.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was Paul Drew who spoke, and he limped around the room where his chum sat staring gloomily out of the window into a mist of rain.
a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades
From this reading SORE HEARTS "Dick, I'm so sorry."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It was Paul Drew who spoke, and he limped around the room where his chum sat staring gloomily out of the window into a mist of rain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SORE HEARTS "Dick, I'm so sorry."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The weather was in keeping with the hearts of the cadets of Kentfield academy.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It was Paul Drew who spoke, and he limped around the room where his chum sat staring gloomily out of the window into a mist of rain.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was Paul Drew who spoke, and he limped around the room where his chum sat staring gloomily out of the window into a mist of rain.
conformity or harmony
From this reading The weather was in keeping with the hearts of the cadets of Kentfield academy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The weather was in keeping with the hearts of the cadets of Kentfield academy.
past form of “limp” — walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury
From this reading It was Paul Drew who spoke, and he limped around the room where his chum sat staring gloomily out of the window into a mist of rain.
become covered with mist
From this reading It was Paul Drew who spoke, and he limped around the room where his chum sat staring gloomily out of the window into a mist of rain.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was Paul Drew who spoke, and he limped around the room where his chum sat staring gloomily out of the window into a mist of rain.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading It was Paul Drew who spoke, and he limped around the room where his chum sat staring gloomily out of the window into a mist of rain.
United States feminist (1885-1977)
From this reading It was Paul Drew who spoke, and he limped around the room where his chum sat staring gloomily out of the window into a mist of rain.
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading It was Paul Drew who spoke, and he limped around the room where his chum sat staring gloomily out of the window into a mist of rain.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading It was Paul Drew who spoke, and he limped around the room where his chum sat staring gloomily out of the window into a mist of rain.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading It was Paul Drew who spoke, and he limped around the room where his chum sat staring gloomily out of the window into a mist of rain.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading SORE HEARTS "Dick, I'm so sorry."
hurting
From this reading SORE HEARTS "Dick, I'm so sorry."
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading SORE HEARTS "Dick, I'm so sorry."
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading It was Paul Drew who spoke, and he limped around the room where his chum sat staring gloomily out of the window into a mist of rain.
(used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder
From this reading It was Paul Drew who spoke, and he limped around the room where his chum sat staring gloomily out of the window into a mist of rain.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was Paul Drew who spoke, and he limped around the room where his chum sat staring gloomily out of the window into a mist of rain.
not given to gentleness or sentimentality
From this reading "It was tough, wasn't it, Dick?"
precisely as stated
From this reading "It was--very.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was Paul Drew who spoke, and he limped around the room where his chum sat staring gloomily out of the window into a mist of rain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It was tough, wasn't it, Dick?"
the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
From this reading The weather was in keeping with the hearts of the cadets of Kentfield academy.
in or at the place that
From this reading It was Paul Drew who spoke, and he limped around the room where his chum sat staring gloomily out of the window into a mist of rain.
which person or people
From this reading It was Paul Drew who spoke, and he limped around the room where his chum sat staring gloomily out of the window into a mist of rain.
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading It was Paul Drew who spoke, and he limped around the room where his chum sat staring gloomily out of the window into a mist of rain.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The weather was in keeping with the hearts of the cadets of Kentfield academy.
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